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Submitted: 6/13/21 • Approved: 6/13/21 • Last Updated: 6/16/21 • R427168-G427167-S3
William H.
1905-1980
Rachel L.
1917-1994
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*Obituary William
Services for William Harrison Francis, 75, of 705 Stevenson, were at 11 a.m. today in Ed Brown & Sons Chapel of the Fountains.
The Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor, of Bible Baptist Church, officiated. Burial was in Highland Park Cemetery.
Mr. Francis died at 9:40 a.m. Monday in St. Anthony's Hospital in Amarillo.
A native of Greenville, Mo., he moved to Borger in 1977 from Pontiac, Mich., where he was retired from Pontiac Motors.
Survivors include his wife, Rachael; three sons, Thomas Daniel of Toledo, Ohio, Robert Lee of Highland, Mich. and Roger Dale of Pontiac; five daughters, Mrs. Maudie Mae Brown and Mrs. Marcella Ann Herin, both of Borger, Mrs. Wilda Gene McClellan and Mrs. Bonita Sue Sargent, both of Pontiac, Mrs. Leota Karen Herin of Fritch; two brothers, Joseph Sherman of Dexter, Mo., Clarence Bennett of Dearborn, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. Irene Notch and Mrs. Mildred Eason of Pontiac; and 19 grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Thursday, October 9, 1980)
*Obituary Rachel
Funeral services for Rachel Lovena Francis, 76, Borger, were at 2 p.m. today at Minton Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor Bible Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial was in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mrs. Francis died Saturday, Aug. 27, 1994 in North Plains Care Center.
A native of Marshall, Ark., she had been a Borger resident since 1977. She was a housewife, and was a Baptist.
She married William Harrison Francis, Feb. 6, 1936 at Buffington, Mo. He died Oct. 6, 1980.
She was preceded in death by a son, Roger Dale Francis, Sept. 19, 1983.
Survivors include a son, Robert Lee Francis of Blackwell, Okla.; four daughters, Maudie Mae Brown of Sanford,; Wilda Gene McCellan of Auburn Hills, Mich.; and Bonita Sue Sargent of Borger; Leota Karen Herin of Fritch; and Marcella Ann Herin of Picher, Okla.; two brothers, Thomas Butler Lance II of Westerly, R.I.; and Orvile Lance of May; two sisters, Lou Vada Kimbell of Clinton, Ark.; and Letty Oleta Tedford of Mangum, Okla.; 18 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Ronald Kenyon, Jimmy Brown, Jr., Jerry Don Parker, and Jackie Brown.
(Published in Borger News Herald, August 30, 1994)
Contributed on 6/13/21
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